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  • Lady Antebellum – Need You Now Lyrics

    Need You Now Lyrics

    Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor
    Reachin for the phone cause I can’t fight it anymore
    And I wonder if I ever crossed your mind
    For me it happens all the time

    It’s a quarter after one, I’m all alone and I need you now
    Said I wouldn’t call but I lost all control and I need you now
    And I don’t know how I can do without
    I just need you now

    Another shot of whiskey can’t stop looking at the door
    Wishing you’d come sweeping in the way you did before
    And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
    For me it happens all the time

    It’s a quarter after one, I’m a little drunk and I need you now
    Said I wouldn’t call but I lost all control and I need you now
    And I don’t know how I can do without
    I just need you now

    Guess I’d rather hurt than feel nothin at all
    It’s a quarter after one I’m all alone and I need you now
    And I said I wouldn’t call but I’m a little drunk and I need you now
    And I don’t know how I can do without
    I just need you now
    I just need you now

    Ooo, baby, I need you now

    –My thoughts–

    I just love this song, I just recently heard about Lady Antebellum when watching the Grammys and I have to say that I have truly fallen in love with their music. This song I’m sure many people relate to, personally I have never called anyone while I was drunk, I always made sure someone had my phone if that was the case, but I know many friends who have “drunk dialed”. One of my favorite lyrics in this song is “Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor
    Reachin for the phone cause I can’t fight it anymore
    And I wonder if I ever crossed your mind
    For me it happens all the time” Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor, this is so typical for most girls to have pictures lying around of what used to be with an ex boyfriend or girlfriend, and wondering if you are crossing their minds like they are in yours it’s part of what most people go through when breaking up with someone. My opinion, don’t ever drunk dial, not all stories will be like this song, the guy/girl won’t always be thinking of you in the same way.
    Personally throw away any memories that you have lying around your room, it’s so much easier to move on that way.

    I still love this song though and if you haven’t heard songs from Lady Antebellum, I recommend that you do.

    Link to youtube.com-ladyantebellum to see the video ‘I need you now’.

    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • Sun Life Stadium – Super Bowl Weekend

    Colts vs. Saints
    Colts vs. Saints

    Okay first off I want to start off by saying, I know I’m a bit late on this but ‘why the hell’ did they change the stadium name to “SUN LIFE”….WHAT?!? I don’t like that name at all and I don’t understand why they need to keep changing the name.

    On another note:

    Did you hear about the stage that collapsed on Tuesday? Workers were setting it up and it collapsed on a few employees, Four people were injured and taken to Jackson Memorial hospital. Don’t worry they weren’t life threatening injuries, but it still did fall, this is a bit scary. Hopefully they fix it and we have no issues the day of the Super Bowl. (If you want to read more on this story go to www.cbs4.com)

    Super Bowl:

    The Colts vs. Saints, wow this game is going to be good. I have to admit though I’m a bit sad that the Vikings didn’t beat the Saints, I would have loved to see Favre in the Super Bowl. But it is what it is, and the Saints now have the chance to win the Super Bowl for the first time. I’m kind of on the fence with these two teams for the Saints to win would be a huge deal since they have never won a Super Bowl, EVER! As for the Colts well, I just love Manning and my first choice really is for the Colts to win. I can’t wait for Sunday to find out who’s going to win this year.

    What do you do for the Super Bowl?

    This year I’m not sure what we are going to do, we might go to a friends house or just stay at home and watch it on our TV, if we do that I might just have to make some goodies, like loaded nachos, and cheese sticks, and more…

    Who are you going for this Super Bowl? The Saints or the Colts?

    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • Stars gather to cover `We Are the World’ for Haiti

    The story:

    I think it is absolutely incredible all these wonderful stars coming together to re do the song “We Are the World”. I was watching the original on youtube.com , and these new and older artist really have to bring it to the table. 80 Artist have come together in the same studio where the original was shot in Hollywood, 25 years ago. They say “We Are the World — 25 for Haiti” will premiere this month during coverage of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on NBC, according to a release from promoter AEG Live. To read more on this story click Here

    My thoughts:

    Wow, I just find this so incredible, New Artist paired up with some of the legends of music, to come together to sing a song that Michael Jackson did 25 years ago, it is sad he can’t be here with us to sing it, I hope they put footage of Michael in the video as well, it wouldn’t be the same without Micheal’s vocals and presence (even if it is only in a video). I love this song, I always have, it reminds me of my 5th grade graduation, we sang this song on stage that night. Although I was only 3 years old when they made this song for USA for Africa and I didn’t know what it was made for or why, the words alone just melt your heart. It’s an incredible song, and I can’t wait to see the New Re-make of it.

    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • Grammy’s 2010

    So many performers for the Grammy’s 2010, and I have to say it’s been one of the best Grammy’s performances I’ve seen in a very long time. The entire show kept you wanting more and waiting for the next talented performer to get on stage. From Pink’s in the air routine to Jamie Fox’s opera, to the Black Eyed Peas putting on an amazing performance. The list just goes on and on.

    Who won?

    Record of the Year     – Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

    Album of the year – Taylor Swift

    Song of the year – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

    Best New Artist     – Zac Brown Band

    Best Female Pop Vocal Performance     – Halo- Beyonce

    Best Male Pop Vocal Performance – Make it Mine – Jason Mraz

    Best Pop Performance by A Duo or Group with Vocals – I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas

    Best Pop Collaboration with vocals – Lucky – Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

    Best Pop Instrumental Performance – Throw Down Your Heart – Bela Fleck

    Best Pop Instrumental Album – Potato Hole – Booker T. Jones

    Best Pop Vocal Album – The E.N.D. – The Black Eyed Peas

    Best Dance Recording – Poker Face – Lady Gaga

    Best Electronic/Dance Album – The Fame – Lady Gaga

    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden – Michael Buble

    Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance – Working on a Dream – Bruce Springsteen

    Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with vocals – Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

    Best Hard Rock Performance – War Machine – AC/DC

    Best Metal Performance – Dissident Agressor – Judas Priest

    Best Rock Instrumental Performance     – A day in the life – Jeff Beck

    Best Rock Song – Use Somebody

    Best Rock Album – 21st Century Breakdown – Green Day

    Best Alternative Music Album – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix

    Best Female R&B Vocal Performance – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) Beyonce

    Best Male R&B Vocal Performance – Pretty Wings – Maxwell

    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with vocals     – Blame it – Jamie Foxx & T-Pain

    Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance – At Last – Beyonce

    Best Urban/Alternative Performance – Pearls – India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore

    Best R&B Song – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

    Best R&B Album – Blacksummers’ Night – Maxwell

    Best Contemporary R&B Album – I Am… Sasha Fierce – Beyonce

    Best Rap Solo Performance – D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune) Jay-Z

    Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group – Crack A Bottle – Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent

    Best Rap/Sung Collaboration – Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

    Best Rap Song – Run This Town

    Best Rap Album     – Relapse – Eminem

    Best Female Country Vocal Performance – White Horse – Taylor Swift

    Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Sweet Thing – Keith Urban

    Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals – I Run To You – Lady Antebellum

    Best Country Collaboration with Vocals     – I Told You So – Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis

    Best Country Instrumental Performance – Producer’s Medely – Steve Wariner

    Best Country Song – White Horse

    Best Country Album – Fearless – Taylor Swift

    Best Latin Pop Album – Sin Frenos – La Quinta Estacion

    Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album – Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo – Calle 13

    Best Tropical Latin Album – Ciclos – Luis Enrique

    Best Regional Mexican Album – Necesito De Ti – Vincente Fernandez

    Best Tejano Album – Borders Y Bailes – Lost Texmaniacs

    Best Norteno Album – Tu Noche Con…Los Tigres Del Norte – Los Tigres Del Norte

    Best Reggae Album – Mind Control – Acoustic – Stephen Marley

    Best Musical Album For Children – Family Time – Ziggy Marley

    Best Comedy Album – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!
    Stephen Colbert

    Best Musical Show Album – Best Musical Show Album

    Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media – Slumdog Millionaire

    For more winners and to see who lost against who go to www.grammy.com

    My thoughts:

    I agree with most of the choices of who won and who deserved to win, however there is one that truly bothers me. Don’t get me wrong I like Taylor Swift but Album of the Year, really??? Over the Black Eyed Peas, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga, I just don’t see it. I also don’t see how she won Best Country Vocal Performance against Carrie Underwood & the others who were nominated for that category. I mean really, have you compared the two??? I just don’t see it, I wonder who votes for the Grammy winners. Other then that, I was really happy with who won, Jason Mraz, just LOVE HIM, Won 2 Grammy’s. Beyonce made history with the most Female Artist who won in one night, and Everyone who won were great performers. The night was great, One of the best I’ve seen in a long time! It’s going to be a great 2010!

    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • New Apple – iPad

    Have you seen the new Apple iPad? It’s gorgeous, it’s almost like a bigger iPhone, just better on the eyes to read.


    Features:

    It features Safari (Wi-Fi) – Email (where you can turn the iPad to portrait like you do the iPhone to fill in the screen better), Photos, Videos, Youtube, iPod, iTunes, App Store, iBooks (This one is my personal favorite, I love to read books, and even though I can do it on my iPhone, the screen sometimes is just too small, and my eyes begin to hurt, my only concern is how much do the books cost on iBooks?), Maps, Notes, Calendar, Contacts and Home Screen & Spot Light Search. Whoa, is that it? Do you need more? Did I mention that any apps you bought on your iPhone can also be placed on the iPad? Well they can!

    My thoughts:

    I think that Apple as created another monster, I think this is a beautiful design and I know one thing for sure, my boyfriend is trying to find reasons to buy one. My only problem the price, but like any Apple Device it’s always a little more expensive then others. It starts at $499 with just the Wi-Fi, but if you want Wi-Fi + 3G it bumps itself up to $629 (GEEZE, $130 dollars more, OUCH Apple, and that’s only for the 16GB). If you want the one with the most GB, they offer 64GB Wi-Fi only for $699 Wi-Fi + 3G = $829. Is it worth it? Do you think it’s worth it?

    If you want to read more about the iPad go to www.apple.com/ipad

    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • Miami-Dade shooting kills 15-year-old girl, wounds 3 others

    Stop the Violence
    Stop the Violence

    The story:

    Another shooting another day it seems. Sunday evening there was a drive by shooting at Annie Coleman apartment complex at 2135 NW 52nd St. Witness say they didn’t get a good look at the men in the car but there was at least four men riding in a gray Nissan Maxima or Altima. Neighbors say the 15 year old girl who is not yet identified was only playing outside with her friends when shots were fired and she was shot in the head. She was pronounced dead on the scene. The other 3 victims who have not been identified were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital. (to read more on this story click on link miamiherald.com ).

    My thoughts:

    These people who live in these areas are scared, I don’t think they know what else to do. I’m not sure they can do anything, but hope that they catch these kids and put them away for life. I can not imagine what this 15 year old girls parents and family is going through right now. To know that your children can’t even play in the front yard, to know that your home is not safe, it’s just wrong! I don’t understand the kind of violence that these people portray on others, why they think this is a way out of whatever they are trying to accomplish. What is going through their minds, and if they think what they did was right?

    Police spokeswoman Det. Rebeca Perez urged anyone with information to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

    Speaking of the teenage victim, Perez lamented, “What could she have possibly done to deserve this?”

    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • Prego vs Bertolli

    VS.

    Okay so I know this is a strange topic, but what can I say I love to cook, and well I always see the Prego commercial that states they had a blind fold test and the majority picked Prego over Bertolli. My response: REALLY?!?

    Prego vs Bertolli

    First is it true that PREGO really did do this test? And second, did they really choose Prego? Personally my favorite store bought sauce is from Bretolli. They have viarities of tomato and basil, four cheese, vodka sauce and more. I know the others have the same viarities but the flavors, oh the flavors are oh so Delish! Now of course people have their own taste buds and their own opinions, some prefer Ragu, personally Ragu to me is just bland and just tomato thrown together with out seasoning, but that’s just me. My question however, is what do you prefer?

    Do you prefer Prego or Bertolli? Or is there another brand you think will throw these two out of the water? I would like to know, maybe I haven’t tried it yet and I’m missing out. Leave a comment and let me know. I promise I’ll taste them and I’ll let you know what I think. Pasta is my weakness, I love pasta so I’ll try different sauces to see what is really and truly the best ones.

    Change it up

    If you want a change though, I also recommend trying to make your own sauce. I tried a recipe over the weekend that was very simple. I used a Mascarpone with Parmesan cheese, I didn’t have heavy cream so I substituted it with 2% milk and it worked just the same, just not as thick but still oh so creamy. I then seasoned it with a little salt and paper, and in less then 10 minutes your sauce was ready to go. I then placed the light crusted lime flavored Tilapia I made in the oven. Oh what a dinner. This weekend I want to try a new recipe, if you have any favorites I would love to give it a try.

    I look forward to any comments. — Until next time…

    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • Dexter’s been battling Cancer

    Did you know?!?

    Star from Dexter (who plays Dexter) Michael C. Hall has been battling a form of cancer called Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Luckily a form of cancer that is treatable into remission. Michael is in remission now but has a few more treatments to go. He showed up to the Golden Globe awards with his wife and co-star Jennifer Carpenter. Something else I didn’t know. (So much for being a Dexter fan).

    I didn’t know…

    I just found out “Dexter” Michael C. Hall has cancer, when I saw the picture of him at the Golden Globes with a hat on, and also noticed he looked a bit different. Come to find that he has cancer and is in remission. This news was sad to hear yet happy that he’s now in remission and doing okay. Another shock, Jennifer Carpenter plays his sister on “Dexter” but I didn’t know they were married in real life. That’s awesome, yet weird all at the same time. I see them has brother and sister…hmmm…I guess I have to get used to the fact they are married in real life. Other great news, Micheal C. Hall won at the Golden Globe Awards for best actor in a television drama. He didn’t make any references to his cancer only that “It’s nice to have a justifiable excuse for accessorizing,” he joked. (referring to his hat, I’m assuming). He didn’t want to go public with his disease but because the Golden Globes were important to him he decided to buy a nice hat and make his first statement. Dexter is going to resume filming soon. Thank goodness because I just ♥ Dexter!

    I’m glad you are doing great Micheal, can’t wait to continue watching you on screen.

    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • Haiti needs our HELP! Help donate what you can.

    CONTINUE 01/15/10
    Thank you all who have read my post and have tried to contribute to one of the areas below. I have more information if you need it and if you can please pass it around:

    all fire stations will be collecting these 5 items

    Canned Meat
    Canned Fish
    Canned Milk (Evaporated)
    Canned Milk (Condensed)
    Bottled Water

    Do not forget that they also need baby supplies, they need clothes and toothbrushes, toothpaste, anything that also has to do with hygiene. Anything can help.

    Haiti has suffered tremendously in this earthquake and we are asking that everyone get together and help. You don’t need money to help, you can help donate clothes, canned foods whatever might be helpful.

    I have come across a few places here in Miami that are asking for your help:

    3555 NW 7th Street, MIAMI FL 33125 – At Life Skills Center from 7AM TO 4PM. 1st Charter leaves Friday. Looking for Food, Clothes, Water, Necessities. Accepting Donations at the school. – PLEASE HELP HAITI!

    Haiti Relief——->Large truck that will be on the corner of 1st & Alton Rd. South Beach, FL 33139 –beginning at 6:00 pm today (01/13/10) and will be there 24/7 until it is filled. Items most needed: blankets, tents, batteries, candles, clothing, medicine and canned food.

    Publix is collecting donations for Haiti. They have teamed up with American Red Cross to help. Also, Power 96 will be at Calder Race Course from 6-6 tomorrow collecting food, water, etc. PLEASE HELP these people. Every little bit matters. Spread the word.

    AMERICAN AIRLINES is taking doctors and nurses to Haiti for free. Please call 212-697-9767. Spread the word. Thank you.

    If anyone knows of any other donation locations that I can post, PLEASE let me know.

    For Donations (Please help Haiti) Click on one of the links below:

    AmericanRedCross.com

    Americares.org

    More Places to Donate here

    Wyclef Jean Haiti

    This didn’t only happen to people in Haiti, it’s happening to us. We have people that live among us that have family there, and I send my prayers out to those families. In the Miami Herald this morning I read that two journalist from UF were there working on a documentary there names Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin, we are still waiting to hear from them. No one has heard from them since this devastating disaster. Safiullin last posted a note on his Facebook page on Jan. 9, saying he was in Port-au-Prince. This means it was most likely that they were still there when the earthquake hit. I hope they are okay, and I hope their families hear back from them soon. UPDATE: I heard in the news last night that they were able to find out that Jon & Roman are in fact okay. I’m sure their parents are now relieved and can breath.

    I heard on the radio that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gave 1 million to help in the relief. I want to say thank you and I hope there are others who have the money like they do to help in this way, in any way.

    Please help however you can.

    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • Earthquake in Haiti kills thousands

    The sad devastation:

    A 7.0 Earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday killing so far thousands and possibly even more. Tearing down thousands of structures, including schools, the National Palace and U.N peacekeeping headquarters.

    The United States and other Nations are building force teams to go aid in the help of this horrific disaster. It was said to be clear that thousands have lost their homes. “The quake struck at 4:53 p.m., centered 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince at a depth of only 5 miles (8 kilometers), the U.S. Geological Survey said. USGS geophysicist Kristin Marano called it the strongest earthquake since 1770 in what is now Haiti”. To read more on this story go to news.yahoo.com

    My thoughts

    Haiti already suffers so much and now for something like this to happen is just devastating. The US and many others like Venezuela and Italy are sending people to help. It’s sad that something so horrible has to happen for other countries to work together. With everything going on it’s a blessing that so many people are willing to help. My prayers go out to the families that are there, the families that have been lost, the families that are here and can’t do anything to help. Yesterday, Today and the days to come are going to be hard, but our country will work together with others to try and help Haiti and the families that have been lost in this sad day. Many will be remembered, this event will always be remembered.

    For Donations (Please help Haiti) Click on one of the links below:

    AmericanRedCross.com

    Americares.org

    More Places to Donate here

    If you know any other websites we can help donate to please let me know, so that I can post them. Thank you.

    xo,
    kristin nicole